Rare heraldic tiles were recently discovered under wooden floors at former Basilian monastery in Chełm, Poland, offering a view into 18th-century monastic life.

The monastery, which once housed Greek Catholic monks who followed the rule of St. Basil, was built around 400 years after the church was established. In a statement, ...

Mount Athos, referred to in Greek as the "Holy Mountain", is one of the most important centers of the Christian Orthodox ...

AMORGOS, Greece (AP) — For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in an island monastery carved into a seas ...

EASTERN GREEK MONASTERIES. Share full article. Aug. 8, 1885. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from August 8, 1885, Page 5 Buy Reprints.

A court ruling in Egypt about St. Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai has sparked grave concern within the Greek Orthodox Church about religious freedom. Thursday, July 10, 2025 A service of EWTN News ...

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Centuries-old monasteries have been damaged by an ongoing series of earthquakes in a secluded monastic community in northern Greece, authorities said Friday.